Multiple Fender Precisions in your collection?

[Bar Band Bassman]

4. No, 6. Sort of. 2 50's Vintera I's. One Dakota Red, one Seafoam (or is it Surf?) Green. I like the old school feel. 1 3/4" nut. One of those will wear flats at some point, I tell myself. A Graffiti Yellow Sonic P because, well, $200 and yellow. Another Graffiti Yellow Sonic P because, well, on sale for $140! Squire 50's P but that's a single coil pickup so not really the same. LPB Squier 40th Anniversary which gets no love at all and will be moved along at some point. Soon, I tell myself.

BBB

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Real Fender Precisions: 1995 Lyte, 202x Player Plus.

 

[GIBrat51]

So, I'm looking for people who own multiple Fender Precision basses in their collection, because I would love to know why they need more than 1

Could be related to strings (one with rounds, one with flats for instance), or type of wood, pickups, backup, new vs old, anything..
P.S. clones of precisions (like Sire P5) are also welcome to join in the discussion

I might need a 2nd precision myself as well, but it feels a bit unnecessary, so I need opinions of pro's (that's you)

Well...
From what I read here on TB, the 2 major reasons people own at least 2 Fender P-Basses are...
a. One for flats; one for rounds, and
b. A backup bass for gigs.
Then comes the "I want different colors", "I like to collect them", and und so weiter, und so weiter....
I only own one Fender P-Bass; a left handed, "A-spec"- necked '78. My first bass (although I'd played other folks basses since 1968), that I bought in 1988. And, honestly? I've never really seen the need for another one... All my other 29 basses are not Fenders - or P-Basses. However...
I do have a 30" scale Warmoth Mini-Precision Bass that's as close to a "mini-me" clone of my '78 as I could make it. And, I suppose my Custom Shop ('cause it's a lefty) G&L Kiloton Bass could be considered sort of a P-Bass; even though it's a lined fretless with an Ebony fingerboard...
But, all my other basses? Very much different from a P-Bass...

 

[Mastermold]

1964, 1974, 1983 dual pickups, and 2008–all sound different.

 

[Kerem Koseoglu]

I have two passive P's with flats; one Fender, one Sire. Fender is my main P, Sire is my re-affordable backup/stunt/travel P.

 

[BassAgent]

One with rounds (the '71 Fender), one with flats (the De Gier), and that's all I need. Well, I also have a Mustang which is a mini-P

 

[andare]

Good job OP tricking people into posting Precision porn

 

[LLendrum]

Two:

1960 MIA with TI jazz rounds (slab rosewood)

2025 MIM Player II with TI jazz rounds (maple)

Basically just a case of whether I'm happy bringing a very expensive irreplaceable instrument out of the house.

 

[bass.slinger]

Two (both strung with Rotos):
Fender AVRI ‘62
Fender Tony Franklin fretless

 

[ashtray]

“Need” more than one? Plenty of reasons:

- Flats vs round wound
- Fretted vs fretted
- Active vs passive
- Are we counting PJ basses too?
- Neck profile, tone, feel, weight
- Need for a backup, just in case.

That said, I had 3 Cowpokes at one point in time (now sadly, none…), and besides the body color, they were each pretty much the same.

Now, I have a few P basses, but mainly like my Jazz basses, of which I have a bunch of different ones, including a couple with “smaller body” and 2 more frets. Active, passive, different strings. My Electra Jazz is from the 70’s and the body is thinner, but that means it’s also pretty light weight. Oh, and blocks vs dots! Got a few with blocks. Also have a couple basses with a pair of J pickups but different body shape. Are those Jazz basses?

I will admit, I am jealous of the players that have one bass and they play that all the time, and they don’t even think about other basses - bc I spend MUCH more time thinking or reading or typing about gear than I do actually playing the dang thing! Truly, I wish I wasn’t as fascinated by all the variety at times.

 

[Thom Fioriglio]

I've got two. One Fretted and one Fretless. Both are stock and play and feel amazing.
And have been looking to add another. Why? I thought so I could have one with flats, but I think I just want another that looks different.

Am Pro II in Sunburst with Maple Fretboard
Tony Franklin Fretless

 

[dabbler]

Variety is the spice of if life! So...

Fretted and fretless rosewood:

And fretted and fretless maple:

 

[pyrat56host]

Although technically Precision basses but all different!

 

[Gervais Cote]

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I don't know about you but when I get such instrument in my hands, I play what the bass dictates me to play instinctively. Very nice.

 

[One Way]

2012 MIM Fender P bass w/ flats
2025 Fender American Professional II P bass V with rounds

 

[bassdude51]

I would love to know why they need more than 1

Why? OCD. Addiction. No self control. Having a "collection" of something and it's P Basses.

(There might be more but "the pond is deep".)

 

[Jeff Hughes]

I used to have just one: 90s MIA Tobacco sunburst with rosewood.

Found an excellent deal on a 90s MIA white with rosewood with a twisted neck but still very playable.

I put a used MIJ one piece neck on one and a MIA two piece maple on the other. Same pickups in both. The one piece had a darker tone and different feel on account of the heavier poly and skinny frets.

I added a 2000s MIA black precision two piece maple neck around 2019, and that one was my go to back in the gigging days.

All three have very different feeling necks. My black precision has a very jazz bass feeling neck unlike the one piece which feels like a runway at an airport.

But really I think you only need two: one makes you appreciate the other one.

 

[Bass1447]

Variety is the spice of if life! So...

Fretted and fretless rosewood:
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And fretted and fretless maple:
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that has 14 Bass's.

 

[Bass1447]

Variety is the spice of if life! So...

Fretted and fretless rosewood:
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And fretted and fretless maple:
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that has 14 Bass's.

 

[ElectricBass72]

Gotta have at least 2 Precisions. One with Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats and one with the brightest stainless steel roundwound strings possible. A third low cost, economy P that can be easily modified..... is also highly necessary.